rrëzë

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Denasalized variant of dialectal rrënzë, diminutive of rrënjë (root) in -zë.[1][2]

Noun

rrëzë f (plural rrëza, definite rrëza, definite plural rrëzat)

  1. base, foot (of tree, hill, mountain), riverbank, edge of a forest
  2. region at the base of a mountain/mountain range
  3. (anatomy) place where an organ or limb is attached to the body
  4. corner, side
    Synonyms: cep, skutë, kënd
  5. (figurative) cranny, hidden nook
    Synonyms: qoshe, skutë
  6. (colloquial) root
  7. (botany) blackberry, bramble

Declension

Preposition

rrëzë (+ ablative)

  1. on the base or at the end of something

Derived terms

Compounds

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrëzë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 386
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 351

Further reading

  • “rrëzë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • rrëzë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006